Percentage of Immigrants in the United States with a College Degree, by Country of Birth
38% of US adults hold a college degree. But among immigrants, the numbers go from 82% (India) to 9% (El Salvador), depending on where they were born.
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Maps of the US
The Dominant Crop in Every US County
The USDA Census recorded over six million agricultural data points across nearly two million American farms. Mapped county by county, hay and forage lead in roughly half the country, not corn and soybeans as you might assume. And the corn dominating the Midwest? About 40% of it feeds livestock and another 33% fuels ethanol. Less than 10% reaches a human plate directly.
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A Map of the Entire Internet, 1969
In 1969 the entire internet was four university labs on the US west coast, linked by four connections. A 21-year-old programmer made the first transmission, two letters got through, and the whole system crashed.
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Housing Prices by State, 2000 vs 2026: Who Gained the Most Above Inflation?
Massachusetts had the priciest homes in America back in 2000, averaging $192,616. Not a single state had crossed the $200,000 threshold. Twenty-five years later, the housing market has completely restructured itself. Most people have noticed prices going up everywhere, but how much of that is real growth versus just inflation doing its thing?
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U.S. State Names Translated into Latin
What if Romans had named the United States? Someone translated all 50 state names into classical Latin. New York becomes Novum Eboracum (Eboracum was Roman York). Pennsylvania is Silvānia Penni (Penn’s Woods). Idaho is Idahum. The map shows America as Rome might have labeled it.
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Russia Is Only 2.4 Miles from the United States
Think Russia and the USA are half a world apart? Not quite. In the Bering Strait, two islands prove these superpowers are actually neighbors. The gap between them is just 2.4 miles (3.8 km).
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America’s Underwater Territory
The beach isn’t where America ends. Underwater, the continental shelf extends for miles, and the U.S. has jurisdiction over 5 million square miles of ocean floor. This includes everything from Alaska’s Arctic waters to small Pacific islands that were claimed in the 1850s because of bird droppings.
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Mapping Every City and Neighborhood in Greater Los Angeles
Greater Los Angeles holds 18.5 million people across seven counties with extremely different densities. Orange County packs 3,345 people per square mile while San Bernardino County has 109. LA County median homes cost over $800,000 versus under $600,000 in Riverside County, driving projections that LA County could lose 1.4 million residents by 2060.
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The Great Islands Map
Five years ago, I made a stylized Great Islands map. Recently I found Stephen Kennedy’s version, and it got me thinking about what actually lives in these lakes. When you see them as islands, you remember they’re not just water—they’re ecosystems packed with life.
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The Most Common Ancestry in Every US State
Germans dominate 21 states from Pennsylvania to Oregon. Forty-one million Americans identify as German, with Wisconsin at 36%. Mexicans lead five Southwest states at 11%. African Americans top nine Southern states where slavery was concentrated. Italians run New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey with 18 million Americans. Irish dominate New England at 11%.
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